The march 2009 dust event in Saudi Arabia: Precursor and supportive environment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-528

  Alharbi, B H ^a   Maghrabi, A ^a   Tapper, N ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DUST AEROSOLS; INFRARED CHANNEL; INFRARED DIFFERENCE DUST INDICES; METEOSAT SATELLITES; RIYADH , SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SYNOPTIC-SCALE SYSTEMS;

AEROSOLS; ARID REGIONS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STORMS;

DUST;

EID: 84876955422     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00118.1     Document Type: Article

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